Caught a FlatWORM!

[bobssecrtsn]

man, so as many of you know Flatworms are bad, in my case i did not get AEFW, but i got RED PLANARIA Flatworms, i found 1 of this in my tank, took it out and inspected and rechecked, it came out to me a Red Planaria, what do i do from here? should i treat my tank with Flatworm Exit or wait till i see more? like i said i only found 1 but they can be more...


My tank is SPS dominate and i do have a QT tank set up, idk how this got passed my dips. I do use the Bayer Method for my dips.
i dont however have any fishes in my tank, because if my Ich cycle, i maybe putting this to a stop and adding some wrasse's.


so what should i do?
1. Use Salifert Exit
2. Wait till i see 5+ more?
3. Get some Wrasse's

 

[MattL22]

I've used fwe with sucess but need more then recommended dose and solid wc after treatment

 

[bobssecrtsn]

thanks Mat, ill wait till mid January and check the population and perform the FWE.

 

[butts182]

Get a wrasse

 

[ladyreefer1983]

ive seen more than 10 in my tank...got a yellow wrasse,flatworm gone...then my yellow wrasse keeps stirring my sand and burying my zoas so i got rid of it...spotted a few flatworms again...got a sixline wrasse and no more flatworm i see...

 

[nova65ss]

If you have one you likely have thirty...they really are not that bad and really are nearly impossible to get rid of in my opinion. Flatworm exit will knock them down a bit but it never got rid of them all in my frag tank and I overdosed it several times this was in an 18 gallon. My 34 has had them and they come and go it seems at one point they were everywhere I never did anything and have not seen one in several months.

 

[spscrazy]

Get a Christmas wrasse (from figi). I got one a few months ago. He hunts the rocks all day long looking for bad boogers. lol. I dont recommend a 6 line. Mine killed every fish I tried to add after him and had to tear down my tank to get him out

 

[Rydogg420]

+1, a 6 line will kill any other fish u add to the tank.

 

[ladyreefer1983]

ive seen more than 10 in my tank...got a yellow wrasse,flatworm gone...then my yellow wrasse keeps stirring my sand and burying my zoas so i got rid of it...spotted a few flatworms again...got a sixline wrasse and no more flatworm i see...

correction...i bought my 6 line and got lucky to have found a juvenile,very small when i got him..he's probably like almost an inch in size..so far i have not lost any fish...he is docile IMO..i guess i got lucky...

 

[danka-cedium]

I have three 6-lines one in each tank, ans I have never had any issues with them bothering other fish. Just my opinion